005. Passive (2)
Recently, it is around the territory where the seeds of bandits have almost dried up thanks to the fact that they have been roaming around the territory every morning. Thanks to that, in order to rob the bandits, it has recently reached the level where you have to sell your feet.
But what could this be?
Veris came across a group of heavily armed men shortly after leaving his mansion. As if the battle was already nearing its end, numerous corpses were filling the space.
“They are heretics?”
“Yes, they are called devil followers, or demon cults.”
“Yes, I mean.”
At the words of the young priest in a loose-fitting nun’s uniform, Veris turned her gaze to look at them.
A bizarre air current was wrapped around them, as if they had trained mana that was unusual even at first glance.
Seeing that all of the dozens of knights who were turned away from the world by them were all dressed in white armor, they must be holy knights of the Holy Church.
“What can two little guys do?”
“I will separate that flesh and blood and use it as research material.”
However, Veris’ confident attitude was absurd for the devil’s followers.
They are strong. Even though they are stationed in a secret research facility on the outskirts of the empire, it is said that a little boy passing by can’t help them.
Of course, there are proverbs in the world to be careful of old people, children and women, but that was literally just a proverbial story.
“Conquer those two. Keep it hidden.”
Whirick!
As soon as the leader’s name goes down, the guys raise their weapons and start running. Even now, even at this moment, the black mana that had been in love with Veris and Cecilia was showing off its fierce momentum as if it would not let go.
“P, avoid. I will stop you here!”
Cecilia, with a devastated expression, shouted at the sight of the cultist charging at her with a grotesque laugh.
Perhaps if she is right, this boy doesn’t look much older than herself. Then, even if she throws this one body, she will protect the boy who is faced with a big crisis.
Rescue the weak, and do not grieve or hold back from giving. That was the church’s teaching.
“How are you going to stop it?”
“…… Yes?”
They are already spewing bloody killings right in front of me.
But even so, Cecilia couldn’t help but let out a dazed sound at Veris’ tone.
“You look weak even when you pretend to.”
After saying that, Veris looked at the enemies in front.
Skill?
It’s unfortunate, but to be honest, I don’t need anything like that. If this ignorant status is backed up, it means that quite a few enemies will not be able to touch Veris’s hair.
“I have something to say at a time like this.”
“Ba, stupid! Run away!”
He takes out his sword. A sword with a blunt blade made for training. However, if the person who uses it is not an ordinary trainee, the story will be different.
“…… Power, overwelling.”
– Fuhuaaak!
A brilliant light of five colors emanates from the sword.
A literal explosion of light that makes even a paladin who handles white mana look like a firefly in front of the sun.
The majestic mana at the level of dominating the battlefield for an instant swept past the enemies running towards them in the blink of an eye like a wave.
“What, what?”
As the wonder passed through my whole body, the ten people who rushed at me with bizarre laughter disappeared in an instant.
It is a gruesome sight. The light emitted by the sword just passed by, but those who could not avoid it turned into a handful of blood.
“Everyone, you… ….”
Cecilia couldn’t help but stare blankly at the boy even as the cruel sight unfolded right in front of her nose.
This boy easily sent the group of evil that defeated even the holy knights of the Holy Church, the pride of the Holy Kingdom, to the underworld with a simple sword strike.
An apostle of God who fulfills Heaven’s will.
It felt like a knight that only appeared in the legend had appeared in front of her eyes.
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“Move quickly!”
The leader of a group of demon followers screamed like a man possessed by demons.
No matter how you think about it, it is beyond common sense.
It was also strange that the investigation team of the Holy Kingdom appeared in this place that maintained impenetrable security. At least, they were destroyed using the forbidden magic of ‘corpse bomb’, but the young boy who appeared right after that had already gone far beyond the walls of common sense.
Status? There was no way to know. A fellow in a black robe similar to them took the lives of ten of his fellows with a single swing of his sword.
The leader chose not to fight but to run away from that wonderful appearance. Fortunately, he succeeded in escaping to the research facility because he did not pursue them, but the problem starts now.
It is a research facility operated by the Devil Church in the form of a point organization. So if their tails are stepped on here, they are all dead.
Of course, the explosion with the research center wasn’t too bad either. But if you can survive, wouldn’t it be best to destroy the evidence and escape?
“Destroy all unnecessary data and keep only important documents. It’s not some flimsy research material to take with you!”
This is a research facility where a lifetime of effort has been put into. Of course, it was the cleanest thing to blow up the research facility itself with black magic, but the man’s desire was rejecting it.
“I can’t fall down here. If this experiment had succeeded, it would have been certain that he would ascend to the Church’s Twelve Black Seats!”
It was a situation where the goal was not far away, but the man gritted his teeth at what happened out of nowhere.
“What is the Twelve Black Seats?”
“You fool, don’t you even know what the Twelve Black Seats are? No, more than that, knowing the current situation…….”
The man who was about to turn around and finish off her men suddenly felt her goosebumps all over her body.
A very young voice. A confident tone with a little curiosity, as if looking down at them.
“How… ….”
“They are so naive. Did you think I would just let you go?”
The man closed his eyes at the approaching cutlery. This was a disaster. A catastrophe that cannot be resisted like a natural disaster.
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“Oh.”
Watching the morning sun rise, Veris burst into small admiration at the system message that kept ringing.
She wanted to sit down and check them slowly, but thanks to the girl hanging behind her, she couldn’t.
“Why is that?”
“Just, nothing.”
A girl with light green hair and eyes. Perhaps because of her short stature, she looked pretty cute when she saw the loose nun’s uniform fluttering around.
The girl introduced herself as Cecilia. She is an apprentice priest of the Holy Land, and it is said that she was in charge of the role of healer in charge of healing the investigation team dispatched this time.
Veris asked her to keep quiet about what happened today. She just battled against a group of demon followers and won, but at the end of the battle, all the paladins were martyred by the forbidden magic, and only Cecilia was lucky to escape. She decided to do what she said.
The reason was simple. Veris because she didn’t want to reveal her powers to the world.
Think about it. Even on Earth, not all those who were spotlighted as geniuses at a young age lived happy lives. Rather, I have seen many times that they are broken by the expectations of the public or the people around them.
“…… Thank you.”
“What?”
“Verys-nim saved me. And…… Even carrying it up.”
Having said that, the girl blushed and buried her face in her Verice’s shoulder. As she said, the girl was on her way to the Countess of Wittelsbach with Berris on her back.
There is a church of the Holy Church there, so Veris intended to report the situation and ask for help.
Aside from that, the current situation was actually too embarrassing for the girl. Her legs are loose and she can’t walk. Besides, even though she’s a boy of her age, she doesn’t allow contact with outsiders…….
“It’s nothing, but what? I’m more worried about you than that.”
“…… Are you worried?”
“Because it was terrible.”
“Right.”
Cecilia felt like she was about to burst into tears again.
She was her paladin who considered her like her sister, or like her niece, or like her daughter.
Every member of the investigation team was martyred bravely. The only survivor is Cecilia.
It was clear that without this boy, she too would have ended her life after a terrible experience. It was a great fortune for her that Veris appeared on the scene.
“Verys-sama…… Aren’t you from aristocrats?”
“Huh? How did you know that?”
She said, “Although it is said that it is covered with a robe, that skill is obviously at an impossible level if you have not trained from a very young age. Of course…… She trained since she was young, so not everyone is that strong.”
“You have a better eye than I thought.”
“And if you look at her confident tone or behavior, she was not considered normal.”
“Yes.”
“Then…… Later, Veris-sama will enter the academy.”
“I guess so.”
What the girl said was reasonable.
She’s Veris, who I thought was just an ordinary child to whimper in the middle of her battlefield. However, when she slowly talked to her, she had sharper insight than she thought.
“Then, maybe it would be nice to meet again then.”
“Huh? Do priests also enter the academy?”
“Although they belong to the church, there are also aspiring priests who train at the academy.”
“That’s nice. It would be great to see you at the academy.”
Having said that, Veris nodded her head.
I didn’t know much about the affairs of the Holy Kingdom, but it seems that there are so-called elite groups in that world as well.
Well, priests are responsible for recovery, unlike human paladins who are responsible for the team’s physical strength.
Perhaps even here they are treated as valuable human resources.
“You’re all here.”
After talking about this and that, we arrived at the capital of the county.
The castle and church in the distance were announcing the end of this encounter,